Move ROF to another drive?

[Sabrefly]

Hello,

How to move ROF to another drive?

 

Thanks.

[HazMatt]

I would try to copy it if you can and then delete the original once you know the new one is working.

I moved my IL2 folder and there was an error and both the old copy and new copy ended up not working.

[Sabrefly]

7 minutes ago, HazMatt said:

I would try to copy it if you can and then delete the original once you know the new one is working.

I moved my IL2 folder and there was an error and both the old copy and new copy ended up not working.

 

Why would I want to try to copy if it didn't work for you? Why should I do the same and expect a different result? Unless I understood it correctly.

 

Thanks.

[Majpalmer]

I'd change the name of the exe file and the directory where it is located. Then do a fresh install on the other drive.  

[Sabrefly]

2 hours ago, Majpalmer said:

I'd change the name of the exe file and the directory where it is located. Then do a fresh install on the other drive.  

 

It makes sense for almost any game, I like it.

 

Thanks.

 

[HazMatt]

6 hours ago, Sabrefly said:

 

Why would I want to try to copy if it didn't work for you? Why should I do the same and expect a different result? Unless I understood it correctly.

 

Thanks.

 

There are two ways of doing it. The way that I did it and they way I said I would do it if I did it again.

 

I used the "move" command. This copies the data to the new location and deletes it from the old location all at the same time.

 

I recommended that you copy it to the new location. This leaves the old version in the old location and does not delete it. You would go back and delete it yourself after you know that it's working in the new location.

 

I actually did this today with my IL2 installation as my internet is slow and it worked fine.

Edited February 23, 2024 by HazMatt

[Hanu]

I've used Windows Sysinternals tool called Junction, which is like logical link in Linux. Works fluently. Practically you first move your current folder to wherever you want it to be and the you create junction in Command Prompt with the same folder name. It then points everything to new location. No need for reinstalling or tweaking with registers or even shortcuts.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/junction

 

for example I had IL-2 installed in C-drive because of being only SSD back then. After getting a new one I cut and pasted the IL-2 folder to new E drive and created the link
 

junction.exe "C:\Games\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad" "E:\Games\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad"

After junction it looks like this in CMD:

 

C:\Games>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 0E94-F0BA

 Directory of C:\Games

29.12.2023  14.23    <DIR>          .
06.11.2022  23.08    <JUNCTION>     EDLaunch [\??\e:\Games\EDLaunch]
29.12.2023  14.23    <JUNCTION>     IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad [\??\e:\Games\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad]

 

Been using it a lot. Very very useful tool.

Edited February 23, 2024 by Hanu

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

11 hours ago, Sabrefly said:

Hello,

How to move ROF to another drive?

 

Thanks.

Simple cut and paste, you don't need to do anything special.

Edited February 23, 2024 by 1PL-Husar-1Esk

[czech693]

I did as HazMat did so that I had a working copy if the move failed.